ܣܓܝܐܢܝܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
[edit]| Root |
|---|
| ܣ ܓ ܐ (s g ˀ) |
| 6 terms |
Etymology
[edit]From ܣܲܓܝܼܐܵܐ (sagīˀā, “many”) + -ܢܝܐ (-ānāyā, the intensive attributive adjective ending).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ܣܲܓܝܼܐܵܢܵܝܵܐ • (sagīˀānāyā) (feminine ܣܲܓܝܼܐܵܢܵܝܬܵܐ (sagīˀānāytā), plural ܣܲܓܝܼܐܵܢܵܝܹ̈ܐ (sagīˀānāyē))
- plural, multiple, collective (consisting of or containing more than one of something)
- ܡܲܪܕܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܘܗܝܼܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܣܲܓܝܼܐܵܢܵܝܹ̈ܐ ܝܢܵܐ ܡܩܘܼܝܡܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܩܵܐ ܣܘܼܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ.
- mardūṯā w-hīyāyūṯā sagīˀānāyē ìnā mqūymūṯā qā sūrāyē.
- Plural culture and identity is the reality for Assyrians.
- (grammar) plural (form of a word that refers multiple people or things)
- Coordinate terms: ܚܕܵܢܵܝܵܐ (ḥdānāyā, “singular”), ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܝܵܐ (trayyānāyā, “dual”)
- ܣܲܓܝܼܐܵܢܵܝܵܐ ܕ«ܟܲܠܒ݂ܵܐ» ܝܼܠܹܗ «ܟܲܠܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ»، ܐܝܼܢܵܐ ܕ«ܩܵܛܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ» ܝܼܠܹܗ «ܩܵܛܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ».
- sagīˀānāyā d“kalḇā” īlēh “kalḇē”, īnā d“qāṭūṯā” īlēh “qāṭwāṯā”.
- The plural of ‘dog’ is ‘dogs’, but of ’cat’ is ’cats’.
Derived terms
[edit]- ܣܲܓܝܼܵܐܢܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ (sagīyānāyūtā, “plurality, multiplicity”)